Black Panther star Letitia Wright takes on tale of refugee woes in Ireland 

Frank Berry's film Aisha opens Cork International Film Festival. The director tells Esther McCarthy about casting Letitia Wright and the research he did to ensure an accurate portrayal of the Direct Provision system 

Letitia Wright in Aisha, the opening film of Cork International Film Festival. 

Before she was a Marvel superstar, Letitia Wright made a name for herself in acclaimed dramas like Top Boy and Black Mirror. It was this versatility that convinced Irish filmmaker Frank Berry to cast her in his latest film, the moving story of a woman left in limbo by Ireland’s Direct Provision system.

Wright plays the title character in Aisha, about a young Nigerian woman who struggles to navigate the asylum system. From their first conversations about the film, Berry felt Wright would be ideal for the part.